Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant is one of the more vocal players in the NBA. He offers his opinion on a variety of topics and issues and he is usually unapologetic about his viewpoints.
In an article published by ESPN’s Nick Friedell earlier this week, Durant spoke on a multitude of topics from Kyrie Irving to his own trade request to free agency. Durant is not afraid to speak his mind and with some interviews, like the one that he did with Friedell, he is more candid than your average athlete. However, it’s clear that Durant is far from the average athlete for too many reasons to list here.
Durant was asked by Friedell if there was too much focus on free agency after Durant caused a stir within the NBA world by requesting for a trade and this was his response:
“The NBA has been around for so long, the regular season — for real basketball fans, they enjoy the regular season for [what it is]. But our league is full of casual people who enjoy basketball, but it’s not really — they don’t care for it as much, you know what I’m saying? They like to watch it as a hobby, but it’s not — there’s some people who are real fans of the game, you know what I’m saying? When it comes to people and it comes to how they consume things — everything looks like it’s doing incredible right now. So adding free agency, summer league, regular season, all that stuff, I think that’s just another avenue for people to be engaged in the game. Free agency is a huge deal — and they want to see where their favorite players are going, or their favorite teams are getting, because they see guys starting to move. So it’s important, but the games are the only thing that really matters, to be honest.”
Durant is currently out with a right MCL sprain. He will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
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